• What is the company you have selected? AMAZON
• What is the company using their option contract for? a Amazon
uses options to allow employees to vest in stock awards that
correspond with their service terms. This related to tax benefits
in the billions between 2019 and 2021. As of December 2021
common stock available for future issuance to employees was
97 million shares.
• What is the value of the option contract in the Annual
Statements? The earnings per share were $23.46 in 2019,
$42.64 in 2020 and $65.96 in 2021.
• Copy/paste a picture of the value from the financial statements.
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• Imagine you are a retiree from this company and received stock
as part of your pension package benefit. What would you do
with the shares to earn extra money above the dividends? a
Amazons stock has continues to gain value. I would watch the
market and continue to invest in more stock. I would possibly
sell call options and collect the premium the call buyers would
pay
